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Juniors ~ Political Satire

We are reading Jonathan Swift, a writer who satirized politics and religion in the 18th century.  Your next paper is to analyze the use of satire in modern political cartoons.  

To get us started, you will find one cartoon, analyze it and print it.  Please follow these steps:
  • Go to Daryl Cagle's Political Cartoonists Index and browse
  • Choose one you think is funny and/or clever
  • Copy and paste the cartoon into your Word document
  • Write a 100-word paragraph analyzing the artist's use of appeals, irony, imagery and text to convey his/her message.  Please include a summary of the primary message.
  • Format according to MLA
Bring your papers to class on Wednesday, January 21st.

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